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Failure Is Our Friend

No one wants to fail.

We all want to succeed in everything we try and to avoid failure.

Nonetheless, failing and learning from our bitter experiences is necessary for success.

In fact, the most successful people are often people who have experienced many more failures than others.

One of the most famous examples of someone who learned from failure was Thomas Edison.

He was one of the world’s greatest inventors, and he acquired over 1,000 patents.

Like a wizard, he seemed to take ideas from thin air.

However, he also faced tremendous difficulties.

Edison is said to have failed 9,999 times before creating a perfect light bulb.

Unlike the average person, Edison saw these mistakes not as failures but as an inevitable part of the invention process.

In response to a question about his errors, he once said, “I have not failed 9,999 times.

I’ve successfully found 9,999 ways that will not work.”

Of course, he was right.

He was able to achieve success after failing repeatedly.